{"id":1112314,"date":"2021-12-12T18:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T23:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112314"},"modified":"2021-12-12T18:28:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T23:28:41","slug":"sheriff-11-year-old-sophie-long-found-in-foreign-country-dad-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sheriff-11-year-old-sophie-long-found-in-foreign-country-dad-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff: 11-Year-Old Sophie Long Found in Foreign Country; Dad in Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsheriff-11-year-old-sophie-long-found-in-foreign-country-dad-in-custody%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1112314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sophie-Long-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A little girl from Texas who was reported missing months ago was located in a foreign country and will be returned to the United States, authorities announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Collin County Sheriff\u2019s Office said Sophie Long is in protective custody after being reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dps.texas.gov\/mpch\/MissingPerson\/mpDetails\/M7-16-202111-50-23AM\">missing<\/a> amid concerns she was kidnapped by her father, Michael Long, who was taken into police custody, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/missing-texas-girl-sophie-long-found-foreign-country-father-custody\">reported<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office made the announcement in a social media <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinCoSO\/status\/1469694228057964552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1469694228057964552%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fmissing-texas-girl-sophie-long-found-foreign-country-father-custody\">post<\/a> on Saturday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.75\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Press Release \u2013 12.11.21<br \/>For Immediate Release:<br \/>The Collin County Sheriff\u2019s Office confirms that Sophie Long has been located in a foreign country and is in protective custody. Arrangements are being made for her safe return to her family in the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sdR0milSaj\">pic.twitter.com\/sdR0milSaj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Co. Sheriff (@CollinCoSO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinCoSO\/status\/1469694228057964552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMichael Long is in custody on a felony warrant for Interference with Child Custody. The United States government is working on the extradition of Long back to Collin County, Texas,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/authorities-say-sophie-long-found-in-foreign-country-michael-long-in-custody?utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3YpN5fxcRlwSNi1akkz667VTTjl0X9S1pHT8EgPVnDgnHr2Z39bMWajhA\">identify<\/a> the country where Sophie was located.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Fox4DFW\/posts\/10158417255722093\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"29.044871794872\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/172530812092\/posts\/10158417255722093\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"10.102564102564\">\n<p>Missing 11-year-old Sophie Long is set to be returned home to Collin County after she was found in a foreign country. Her non-custodial father, Michael Long, was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/172530812092\">FOX 4 News<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/172530812092\/posts\/10158417255722093\/\">Saturday, December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" readability=\"36\">\n<p>\u201cMany months of determined work by my deputies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Marshals paid off this morning. We are so happy that Sophie is safe,\u201d Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner commented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Long previously said he did not wish to return Sophie to her mother\u2019s family in July once she accused her mother\u2019s fianc\u00e9 of sexual abuse, the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10300809\/Texas-girl-11-disappeared-summer-dad-safe-foreign-country.html\">reported<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSophie was at the center of a bitter custody dispute between her dad, mother Kelly Long, and her aunt, who she was sent to live with in May.&nbsp;She was last seen on July 12 in Seguin, northeast of San Antonio, before being found,\u201d the <em>Mail<\/em> report continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Michael, 43, was due to show up at a court in McKinney, Texas, in August for a hearing over a motion that could send him to jail for almost three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But he told DailyMail.com, in an exclusive interview that took place the day before the warrant was issued, that the only way he will return to court and bring his daughter home is if he is allowed to put his case before a jury.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His former wife, Kelly Long, went against the jury trial in a motion and requested Long be jailed for 18 months and another year on a count of hiding the child and another for not giving her up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cI\u2019d absolutely go to jail to protect Sophie. I\u2019d do anything for her. She\u2019s a 10-year-old child,\u201d Michael Long told <em>Daily Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The child\u2019s story drew attention in August 2020 when a video reportedly showing her upset during a custody hand over went viral online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little girl from Texas who was reported missing months ago was located in a foreign country and will be returned to the United States, authorities announced. 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